Repetitive and chock full of hackneyed scenes. But mostly just repetitive without changing and shedding much new light. Yes, it was the commodification of heros and warfare, and yes it slighted the individuals and their anguish and belittled the meaning of their brotherhood. You get that in the first 5 minutes, and then it just…
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Genre says, don't identify, don't mingle in that confusion of identifying with each and every character. Instead, play Mini Golf, where each tee is circumscribed and includes a satisfying gimmick to reward you. Or say, a scheme of this ball knocks mechanistically into that ball and wow, we RECOGNIZE the result and are rewarded for…
Read moreA Field Guide to Rubber Bands
Sevi wanted to stop and pick up gritty rubber bands off the damp sidewalk this morning, in order to give them to Frank Adams, who's collecting them. I said identifying what kind they were (i.e. wild vs. domesticated, exotic etc) was important, and for that we'd need the Field Guide.
Read moreIn politics as in much else
it's the moment to moment story that shapes reality, not the story as seen from above. We leap from reality to reality, most of us lacking any sense of proportion. That misprision swelled by sheer numbers wins the day.
Read moreSkit – Salt & Pepper in the Water
Skit in which a couple insists that the waiter keeps doing ridiculous things to their water glasses, like adding fresh pepper, grated cheese etc.
Read moreIrony, as commonly understood
equals straddlingbet hedginga second homestri-angulationi pretend to be obtuseso you don't think me soI outmaneuverCircumscribe youAnything you thinkI was there first &my fire is ash coldYou will never findthe islandI have repaired to.
Read moreFace like a sock
Face like a sock pulled on not quite right
Read moreHis eyes said
you will not corner the market on vitalityhis jaws sinewed
Read moreGenre
I guess it can be helpful and comforting, like some a comfy club of friends,but I see it mostly as a blindfold against the sky
Read moreFiction writer as generalist
to the extent that the fiction writer is a generalist, he/she is our savior.
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